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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
As on the weekdays of Lent, so on the ordinary weekdays of Holy Week: There is no celebration of the full Divine Liturgy. The Anaphora (the consecration of the Holy Gifts) is omitted, and Holy Communion is received from that which was blessed previously – in this case on Palm Sunday. Gospel Reading: Matthew 24:3-35 In […]
Read More »Introduction In our churches, Matins/Orthros is normally sung in the morning. So why, you may ask, are we now suddenly having it in the evening? Also and even odder, why during Holy Week do we have Vesperal Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (obviously an evening service) in the morning? I’m really sorry you asked. (If you […]
Read More »The Entrance of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem Introduction Giovanni di Paolo, 1326 Yesterday we celebrated the raising of Lazarus which was, as we sang, the “prefiguring of the General Resurrection”, when all mankind will be raised from death – “those who have done what is good will rise to life, and those who […]
Read More »Understanding the Role of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America A Talk delivered at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, Port Washington, New York, on April 4, 2022 I am including this in today’s Post, because I think Archbishop Elpidophoros says […]
Read More »Ukraine “Through International Orthodox Christian Charities’ Romania partner Federation Filantropia, IOCC support has stocked a warehouse in Moldova, where our local partner Diakonie is distributing basics to refugees arriving from Ukraine.” Please continue to give to IOCC’s Ukraine Relief Fund: https://support.iocc.org/site/Donation2?df_id=7543&mfc_pref=T&7543.donation=form x And here is why: Prepare yourself for some discomforting picures. Russian Orthodox […]
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